Re: Perl 6 modules plan

On 8/24/01 11:52 PM, John Siracusa wrote:
> I mentioned this on another list, and I thought I'd bring it up here as
> well.  I think NeXT-style "bundles" offer an interesting solution for
> keeping several versions of a single library installed at the same time,
> with well-defined major/minor version compatibility rules.  This
> functionality becomes even more important with the proposed ability to
> specify modules by version (or version range, etc.)  More information on
> bundles is available at Apple's web site.  I think there are some ideas
> worth stealing here:
> 
> http://gemma.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/SystemOverview/Bundles/

Actually, going directly to the section on Frameworks (bundles that
encapsulate libraries, as opposed to applications or plug-ins) is probably
more useful:

http://gemma.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/SystemOverview/Frameworks/

-John